1925 Birmingham Black Barons

26 - 63 - 1

26 - 61 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1923 / 1927 (Team History)

Managed by:
William Patterson (3-13)
Sam Crawford (23-50-1)

Top Hitter

Charlie
Blackwell

Top Pitcher

Robert
Poindexter

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	88	4th	ERA+	87	7th
OPS	.685	5th	ERA	5.29	6th
BA	.267	4th	BA	.293	6th
OBP	.315	6th	K/BB	1.05	6th
SLG	.370	4th	K%	9.3%	6th
BB%	5.7%	8th	BB%	8.9%	7th
K%			HR%	1.4%	5th
ISO	.103	5th	WHIP	1.56	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Joe Rush (President)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
LF	Charlie Blackwell*	30	68	312	270	63	83	10	5	8	41	10	37	3	2	.307	.397	.470	.867	138
1B	Mule Suttles	24	73	303	263	45	85	8	4	10	52	5	31	3	6	.323	.401	.498	.899	146
2B	Geechie Meredith	25	72	292	265	36	54	7	4	0	17	10	16	3	8	.204	.257	.260	.517	43
RF	Ruben Jones*	31	80	337	313	42	91	12	8	2	44	8	12	3	9	.291	.323	.399	.723	98
SS	Grady Orange^	25	56	214	193	14	36	5	1	0	15	1	8	2	11	.187	.227	.223	.449	24
C	Poindexter Williams	27	72	271	248	29	82	15	7	6	52	4	19	2	2	.331	.383	.520	.903	146
CF	Sandy Thompson*	30	68	286	264	47	88	11	7	3	43	9	14	1	7	.333	.369	.462	.831	128
C	Herman Roth	29	5	17	16	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	.313	.353	.375	.728	101
C	John Pardee^	25	13	47	41	4	9	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	.220	.273	.220	.492	37
SS	Saul Davis	24	44	138	125	14	41	4	1	2	12	7	5	0	8	.328	.354	.424	.778	113
2B	Jesse Edwards	25	5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75
CF	LeRoy Taylor*	22	3	12	12	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	105
SP	Charlie Beverly*	25	30	55	52	6	11	3	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	.212	.255	.269	.524	44
RP	Sam Streeter	24	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31
3B	Felton Stratton	29	59	270	247	38	69	13	4	1	24	7	6	0	17	.279	.296	.377	.673	84
SP	Frank Stevens^		8	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	51
SP	Harry Salmon*	30	20	56	53	7	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.170	.170	.208	.377	3
1B	Pythias Russ	21	5	18	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8
RP	Lefty Robinson^	34	10	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	91
SP	Robert Poindexter	27	43	101	94	11	23	4	0	0	5	0	4	0	3	.245	.276	.287	.563	55
PH	Preacher Davis^	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Square Moore	24	5	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-21
SP	Sam Crawford	33	38	89	83	8	12	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	.145	.184	.157	.341	-5
3B	Wilson Joseph^	27	43	128	114	11	18	3	0	1	7	1	9	0	5	.158	.220	.211	.430	19
SP	Fred Daniels	32	11	18	17	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.235	.278	.294	.572	58
SS	Arthur Jones^	19	4	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	83
C	Bunk Henderson^		5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-54
C	Eppie Hampton	26	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	84
1B	Curtis Green^	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Willie Foster**	21	1	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	480
SP	John Finner	39	6	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73
	31		856	3053	2771	382	739	103	42	33	331	63	175	19	88	.267	.315	.370	.685	88

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Ruben Jones*	31	RF	337	.321	.325	3.6%	7.9%	0.6%	1.3%	.109	.122
Charlie Blackwell*	30	LF	312	.394	.325	11.9%	7.9%	2.6%	1.3%	.163	.122
Mule Suttles	24	1B	303	.400	.325	10.2%	7.9%	3.3%	1.3%	.175	.122
Geechie Meredith	25	2B	292	.239	.325	5.5%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.057	.122
Sandy Thompson*	30	CF	286	.368	.325	4.9%	7.9%	1.0%	1.3%	.129	.122
Poindexter Williams	27	C	271	.401	.325	7.0%	7.9%	2.2%	1.3%	.190	.122
Felton Stratton	29	3B	270	.286	.325	2.2%	7.9%	0.4%	1.3%	.097	.122
Grady Orange^	25	SS	214	.204	.325	3.7%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.036	.122
Saul Davis	24	SS	138	.335	.325	3.6%	7.9%	1.4%	1.3%	.096	.122
Wilson Joseph^	27	3B	128	.201	.325	7.0%	7.9%	0.8%	1.3%	.053	.122
Robert Poindexter	27	SP	101	.256	.325	4.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.043	.122
Sam Crawford	33	SP	89	.163	.325	4.5%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.012	.122
Harry Salmon*	30	SP	56	.163	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.038	.122
Charlie Beverly*	25	SP	55	.247	.325	5.5%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.058	.122
John Pardee^	25	C	47	.227	.325	4.3%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Fred Daniels	32	SP	18	.269	.325	5.6%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.059	.122
Pythias Russ	21	1B	18	.156	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Herman Roth	29	C	17	.341	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.063	.122
LeRoy Taylor*	22	CF	12	.341	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.083	.122
Jesse Edwards	25	2B	12	.062	.325	8.3%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Bunk Henderson^		C	12	.078	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
John Finner	39	SP	11	.068	.325	9.1%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Lefty Robinson^	34	RP	10	.315	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.100	.122
Frank Stevens^		SP	9	.247	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.111	.122
Square Moore	24	SP	8	.117	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Sam Streeter	24	RP	8	.117	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Eppie Hampton	26	C	6	.311	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Arthur Jones^	19	SS	5	.336	.325	20.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Willie Foster**	21	SP	4	.590	.325	25.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	1.000	.122
Curtis Green^	21	1B	3	.000	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
Preacher Davis^	29	PH	1	.000	.325	0.0%	7.9%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.122
31			3053	.306	.325	5.7%	7.9%	1.1%	1.3%	.103	.122